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Miniatures Tutorial: Weathering of ceramic flower pots

Spring is almost here!

This nostalgic doll in the house or for an antique or shabby project with the planting the flower pots can begin to get the potty only a patina.

I have written a small tutorial on patina of ceramic flower pots and I present you here.

So the pot to see if they are made of ceramic with patina finished:

Tutorial:
patina of ceramic flower pots
in 5 steps



material list
ceramic flower pots (clay)
acrylic in brown and white colors
water and brush
very fine sandpaper
very fine sand, wood toothpicks and wood glue



Tutorial: Step 1 see

Thus, the ceramic flower pots - most I've even made - before the patina of:

For many purposes the potty in this new condition suitable. I envision the project as an old, romantic, enchanted garden. Maybe with an old greenhouse in shabby style. And that means the ceramic flower pots look a little older and used.

In the first step, the ceramic flower pot of watery brown acrylic paint to be coated. This can happen very uneven. The inside and the painted floor must are:

In the photo above you can see the still untreated pots and those that have already been dealt with brown acrylic paint. Now work the ceramic flower pots as if they were ever came into contact with potting soil and planted.

let dry.


Tutorial: Step 2
repeat step 1. If too much brown on the color or the color is applied evenly, simply reprocess after drying with the fine sandpaper. This looks especially good around the edges - like the potty in front in the middle.

drying . Let


Tutorial: Step 3
The white acrylic paint mixed with a bit of a tiny amount of brown acrylic paint. The color is a broken white or give a light beige. Apply this color very watery and completely on the ceramic flower pots. Again inside and on the ground. This step and the following provides the most existing efflorescence of lime through the irrigation water.

let it dry well.


Tutorial: Repeat Step 4
then step 3. The broken white but now very irregular - mostly at the top and the inside - can apply the mixture dry..

Tutorial: Step 5
A tiny amount of white glue thinned with a little water. This mixture with a wooden toothpick to apply the irregular edges and immediately sprinkle with fine sand.

let it dry well.


Done!

your ceramic flower pots now look very old, used properly and patinated. The applied sand, they also feel like an ...

Now the ceramic flower pots are used for a nostalgic, a shabby antique or a project.

Enjoy the patina of your mini ceramic pots

your Bastrota